ArtWerkz

The $50 dollar knife shop by Wayne Goddard. Lots of great info and tricks and how to's for the beginner.

Are the pieces you are welding directly being hit with the flame ? I hear at higher psi if your scarfs are directly in the flame they will pick up contaminants and make welding almost impossible. I am sure someone here will have a definitive answer for ya.

Sorry but I do not know of Fredolin wolf. those bulls are forged in Europe for centueries now and many blacksmith along the hitory of forging toke the chalenge of forging a bull
Hofi

Uri, did you get inspiration for these bulls from Fridolin Wolf's book ?

I found this online John.
TREATMENT

TEMPERATURE RANGE

COOLING/QUENCHING

NOTES

FORGING

1700-1900° F

In air.

Heat slowly to maximum temperature. Forging should begin as soon as the section is uniformly heated through.

ANNEALING

1400-1450° F

Cool slowly in the furnace at a maximum rate of 50° F per hours..

Protect against surface decarburization by pack-annealing. Hold at temperature for 1 hour.

STRESS RELIEVING

1200-1250° F

Cool slowly in air.

Stress relieve after rough machining

PREHEATING

1200-1250° F



Preheat time in furnace is ¾ Hr. per inch of thickness.

HARDENING

1375-1450° F

In water or in a brine solution.

Small tools or parts may be heated in molten lead or in a salt bath. Soak time is 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Minimum of 30 minutes.

TEMPERING

(See Chart)



Temper immediately after hardening and quenching. Recommended temperature is 350-550° F.

When I took my first Machinist course almost 20 years ago our first project was to chisel a block of mild steel from parent material and draw file to perfect flatness.
Whew, that was fun. It was a 2" x 2" block, if memory serves.

I can honestly say I have never seen anything like that before. Monster vise.

Nice table, it's got a heck of a backbone. Nice work.

Your work Uri, never ceases to amaze or delight. Very nice indeed.

Yup, Grant would be the man to talk to, just sent him an e-mail about making my touchmark a couple days ago.

Thanks guys, I have a good teacher and constant good advice from some very talented smith's.

being new to the art i purchased coke and not coal when trying to start the forge I light the coke with a torch and have tried

both little air and a lot of air but glowing coke goes out. what am I doing wrong? Thanks

Hello All, Here's a wood rack I made for my sister. I am still learning and have less than a month actual forge time, be gentle.
I must admit I am a little nervous posting with all the top shelf smiths here, but here goes...

Seems a bit small for my needs I did look at that.

You may find the rack section under your horn to be in the way for some things.

I have a Centaur forge fire pot also, I ordered the "heavy duty coke firepot" and I am very happy with it. It's a heavy sucker with dumping ash gate and a clinker breaker. No complaints as yet.

Wow, I am still squirming. I can't believe the length of that piece of metal. Holy Cow.

Thomas nailed it. The only other things I would add would be safety gear ie: eye protection etc etc.

Perhaps a speed reducer from your motor would be a quicker fix.

Fe-Wood,
I have never seen a set up like that before. Could you tell me what it's for ? Would this be the set up to make bowls and the like ?
The tail stock and compound have me confused.
Thanks in advance.

Beer fridge and BBQ. Reduces trips to the house immensely.

Perhaps a quick flip through the latest Machinist Handbook would help in your quest.

Man, there's so many anvils in the U.S and so many brands to choose from world wide. Thank-you all for your input.
I am having a hard time even to find a decent 200# anything in my neck of the woods. Perhaps the anvil gods will smile on me soon.
Cheers

Here's my chance to urinate everybody off!

Times are tough, SO WHAT? You might go out of business, SO WHAT? It's not a rhetorical question, I really mean: SO WHAT?

I've failed before, thought my life was over. It wasn't! Failure is just another lesson, learn from it. Go back to work somewhere, regroup and try again. I might lose my house! SO WHAT? Half the population rents. Failure teaches you that the fact of failure isn't nearly as bad as the perception. Many successful people have experienced failure. The only way to avoid failure is to not do anything. Failure also helps you shed your aversion to risk. Successful people are risk-takers.

How can I get a job in this economy? Unemployment might be at 10% or more, but that means that the top 90% ARE working. If you don't have a job, your nine-to-five, full-time job is finding one. If you can't sell yourself to someone you can forget about selling anything else. You gotta be able to do that every day when you're in business.

I have Volume 1 and Volume 2 and they are in my opinion the best books available on the craft.
I can't wait for Volume 3, Joinery. It is rumoured to be in the works. I love the fact that the pictures are very clear and the iron cold so you can see exactly what is being taught. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into making these books. If you want to purchase books about the craft and are serious about blacksmithing these are the two volumes to own.
Cheers